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1 Robert N. Phillips (SBN 120970)

Ethan B. Andelman (SBN 209101)
2 HOWREY LLP
525 Market Street, Suite 3600
3 San Francisco, CA 94105
Telephone: (415) 848-4900
4 Facsimile: (415) 848-4999
5 David A. Rammelt (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
Susan J. Greenspon (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
6 KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP
333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 2600
7 Chicago, IL 60606
Telephone: (312) 857-7070
8 Facsimile: (312) 857-7095
9 Attorneys for Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff
AMERICAN BLIND AND WALLPAPER
10 FACTORY, INC.
11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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GOOGLE INC., a Delaware corporation, Case No. C 03-5340-JF (RS)
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Plaintiff, DECLARATION OF CAROLINE C.
14 PLATER IN SUPPORT OF AMERICAN
v. BLIND AND WALLPAPER FACTORY,
15 INC.’S OPPOSITION TO COUNTER-
AMERICAN BLIND & WALLPAPER DEFENDANT GOOGLE INC.’S MOTION
16 FACTORY, INC., a Delaware corporation TO COMPEL COUNTER-PLAINTIFF
d/b/a decoratetoday.com, Inc.; and DOES 1- ABWF TO SATISFY ITS OUTSTANDING
17 100, inclusive, DISCOVERY OBLIGATIONS
18 Defendants.
Date: October 18, 2006
19 Time: 9:30 a.m.
Courtroom: 4
20 Hon. Richard Seeborg
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AMERICAN BLIND & WALLPAPER
22 FACTORY, INC., a Delaware corporation
d/b/a decoratetoday.com, Inc.,
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Counter-Plaintiff,
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v.
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GOOGLE, INC.
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Counter-Defendants.
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1 I, Caroline C. Plater, declare as follows:

2 1. I am an attorney at Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, counsel of record for
3 Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff American Blind and Wallpaper Factory, Inc. (“American Blind”) in
4 the above-captioned action. I am a member in good standing of the State Bar of Illinois. I have
5 personal knowledge of the facts set forth in this declaration and, if called as a witness, could and
6 would testify competently to such facts under oath.
7 2. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of correspondence
8 from Caroline C. Plater to Ajay S. Krishnan, dated September 19, 2006.
9 3. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of correspondence
10 from Ajay S. Krishnan to Caroline C. Plater, dated September 21, 2006.
11 4. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true and correct copy of Google Inc.’s
12 Amended Notice of 30(b)(6) Deposition.
13 5. Attached hereto as Exhibit D are true and correct copies of pages from the
14 deposition transcript of Gerald Curran, taken on August 3, 2006.
15 6. Attached hereto as Exhibit E is a true and correct copy of American Blind
16 and Wallpaper Factory, Inc.’s Response to Plaintiff Google Inc.’s First Set of Requests For
17 Admission.
18 7. Attached hereto as Exhibit F is a true and correct copy of correspondence
19 from Caroline C. Plater to Ajay S. Krishnan, dated September 5, 2006.
20 8. Attached hereto as Exhibit G are true and correct copies of email
21 correspondence between American Blind and The Kaden Company, dated September 13, 2006
22 and September 8, 2006 (redacted portion of the September 8, 2006 email contains attorney-client
23 privileged communications).
24 9. Attached hereto as Exhibit H are true and correct copies of correspondence
25 from Caroline C. Plater accompanying the document productions from American Blind to Google
26 since April 2006.
27 10. Attached hereto as Exhibit I are true and correct copies of correspondence
28 from Klaus H. Hamm to David A. Rammelt, dated March 20, 2006, and March 23, 2006, and
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1 from Klaus H. Hamm to Caroline C. Plater, dated March 28, 2006.

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3 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
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Executed this 27th day of September 2006, in Chicago, Illinois.
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__/s/ Caroline C. Plater___________
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